Global Patent Index - EP 1754364 A1

EP 1754364 A1 20070221 - CONFERENCE SYSTEM

Title (en)

CONFERENCE SYSTEM

Title (de)

KONFERENZSYSTEM

Title (fr)

SYSTEME DE CONFERENCE

Publication

EP 1754364 A1 20070221 (EN)

Application

EP 05738579 A 20050520

Priority

  • IB 2005051647 W 20050520
  • EP 04102274 A 20040525
  • EP 05738579 A 20050520

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2005117409A1] A conference system (1) comprises a central unit (2) and speaker units (3) which are connectable to the central unit. The central unit (2), which serves to combine speech signals from the speaker units (3) and to distribute the combined speech signals to said units, comprises an adaptive filter (23) for suppressing feedback. Each speaker unit (3) comprises a microphone (33), a loudspeaker (34), an activation switch (35) and an adaptive filter (36) coupled between the microphone (33) and the loudspeaker (34). When the speaker unit is not activated, the adaptive filter (36) serves as an echo canceller, while serving as a feedback suppressor when the speaker unit is activated. By keeping the loudspeaker (34) always on, any transients due to mis-adaptations of the filter (36) are avoided.

IPC 8 full level

H04M 9/08 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H04M 9/08 (2013.01 - EP US); H04M 3/56 (2013.01 - EP US); H04M 3/568 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2005117409 A1 20051208; CN 1957592 A 20070502; EP 1754364 A1 20070221; JP 2008500759 A 20080110; US 2008267378 A1 20081030

DOCDB simple family (application)

IB 2005051647 W 20050520; CN 200580016830 A 20050520; EP 05738579 A 20050520; JP 2007514252 A 20050520; US 56917005 A 20050520